A few years ago one of my readers asked me about a particular nut and leaf. I took a close look at the pictures and saw a slightly pear-shaped nut that had a skin that reminded me of pecans. The ...

ZHEJIANG, East China — Shen Ailan and her husband Xiang Chaochun stand on the branches of gently swaying hickory trees, wielding long bamboo sticks. The pair look as if they could be from the film ...

I was walking the trails at York Land Trusts’ Hilton Farm last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off the river and floods the woods with light. On that particular day the sun ...

Nut trees are a great investment; they provide shade, habitat and food for wildlife, beauty for the landscape, and the added benefit of food for humans. Some trees, such as walnut trees, have the ...

Both humans and wildlife are busy foraging this first month of autumn for a tough nut to crack — Wisconsin’s flavorful hickory nut. Champions of this oft-overlooked edible know just where to go ...

I was walking the trails at the Great Bay Wildlife Refuge in Newington, N.H. last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off of Great Bay and floods the woods with light. On that ...

Autumn is on course to provide some great, tasty nut meats. After several spotty production years, Hank Judd, of Sauk County, and many other area outdoors gatherers have had their eyes toward the sky, ...

Q • I have some hickory nuts that I picked up from some neighbor’s tree. How do I plant them? Write to Chip Tynan at [email protected] or Horticultural Answer Service, Department PD, P.O. Box 299, ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...